Brexit: Johnson tells EU there is no need for ‘drama’ over Northern Ireland

Prime Minister Boris Johnson at a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland (Frank Augstein/PA)

Boris Johnson has told the European Union there is no need for “drama” as he doubled down on hints he could override elements of his post-Brexit deal on Northern Ireland.

The British prime minister said on Wednesday that the Good Friday Agreement is more important than the Northern Ireland Protocol, as he dismissed suggestions of any possible escalatory response from the EU as “crazy”.